December 2024
- Updated
- Media & marketing
Former Nine boss Hugh Marks to lead ABC
The executive who pulled off the broadcaster’s merger with Fairfax and helped lobby for big tech to pay for Australian content starts his new job in March.
- Updated
- Zoe Samios
June 2022
- Exclusive
- Streaming
Nine, Foxtel explored combined streaming service before Binge launch
Nine and News Corp’s Foxtel discussed how they could work together in the subscription streaming service to better compete against international giants like Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon.
- Miranda Ward and Max Mason
May 2022
Why Australian showrunners need business plans, not quotas
Former Nine boss Hugh Marks and partner Carl Fennessy said Australian producers should focus on making really good shows, not really good Australian shows.
- Updated
- Miranda Ward
July 2021
David Leckie, the man who brought success to television
David Leckie, who died on Tuesday, was a television legend known for his bluster, winning ways, long lunches and his abrasive relationship with Kerry Packer.
- Miranda Ward
April 2021
- Exclusive
- Media & marketing
Former Nine executive Alexi Baker to run the ball for NRL
Nine’s former managing director commercial Alexi Baker will join the NRL on Monday in the newly created role of chief customer and digital officer.
- Miranda Ward
Former Nine commercial boss Alexi Baker in talks with NRL
Former Nine managing director commercial Alexi Baker is in talks with the NRL for a position on the executive, believed to be the vacant chief operating officer position.
- Miranda Ward
March 2021
Domain board position up for grabs as Hugh Marks steps down
After missing out on the CEO role at Nine Entertainment, the company’s chief digital and publishing officer Chris Janz may be offered a position on the Domain board.
- Miranda Ward
CEO of Bruce Gordon’s WIN joins Nine board
Andrew Lancaster has been appointed to the board of Nine following the departure of former Fairfax director Patrick Allaway.
- Miranda Ward
Signing off: How Marks turned Nine into a multimedia giant
Dumping cricket coverage in favour of tennis was one of many shocking changes TV-loving former lawyer Hugh Marks made at Nine. It was topped by the acquisition of Fairfax.
- Max Mason
Channel 9 returns to WIN as Nine signs new affiliate deal
Nine Entertainment has ditched Southern Cross Austereo after five years, returning to a regional affiliate agreement with Bruce Gordon’s WIN Corp.
- Miranda Ward
The deal that changed new Nine CEO Mike Sneesby’s career
At 3am on an August morning in 2014, Mike Sneesby helped close a deal that was pivotal to the Stan streaming service, and to his own future ambitions.
- Max Mason
No split says Costello as Nine picks Stan boss as CEO
The boss of Nine-owned streaming platform Stan, Mike Sneesby, has been appointed the successor to Hugh Marks as chief executive of Nine Entertainment.
- Miranda Ward
February 2021
Nine’s Google deal key to future of newspapers: outgoing CEO
Nine has swung to a net profit of $182 million in the fiscal half – helped by strong growth in subscription streaming platform Stan – and says it will return its JobKeeper payments.
- Updated
- Miranda Ward
Google’s $100m deals a media game changer
Guardian Australia is the latest publisher to sign a deal with Google as part of deals worth more than $100 million that could be game changers for news companies.
- Miranda Ward
- Analysis
- Media & marketing
Rudd revels in prosecution of Murdoch
The former prime minister has used a rare appearance before a Senate inquiry to argue News Corporation is damaging democracy.
- Andrew Tillett
December 2020
Nine upgrades earnings forecast
Nine said it expects EBITDA to be up 40 per cent in the first half thanks to a strong rebound in the advertising market.
- Max Mason
November 2020
Telegraph removes Nine CEO story after defamation threat
The Daily Telegraph has removed a story about Nine CEO Hugh Marks, but defamation lawyer Mark O'Brien is still pushing for an apology.
- Max Mason
Nine CEO enlists leading defamation lawyer over News Corp article
Leading defamation lawyer Mark O'Brien has been retained by Nine chief executive Hugh Marks on a personal basis over an article in The Daily Telegraph over the weekend.
- Max Mason
Media bosses urge government to act on code amid intense lobbying
Google and Facebook have devoted immense resources to lobbying parliamentarians since the draft media code was announced on July 31.
- Max Mason
Workplace relationships OK, but transparency key: AFR readers
Personal relationships between senior executives and employees should be allowed provided they are disclosed very early, according to a majority of readers of The Australian Financial Review.
- Hannah Wootton